Going Going Gone
- Thread starter maltrab
- Start date
Marina'sTwin
Dedicated Member
Oh geez, just today I had trouble with my card because they didn't recognize a purchase I made and blocked it (first time shopping on that site) and I had to actually go to the bank and get it straightened out because I couldn't fix it on my app. Luckily there is a bank here in Calhoun Falls, otherwise I would have had to drive 15 minutes to get to the one in Abbeville. I definitely feel bad for the ones losing their bank. I do pretty much everything online and very rarely go to the bank but there are some things you have to go to the bank for.
Norman Clegg
Dedicated Member
It shows how the internet has changed the most backbones parts of the world. 15 years a ago you would need to go to a bank at leat once a month
In most cases I agree, though there are times folk have lost internet for a couple of days, or certain business transactions have to be done in branch, plus some of the aging population do not understand the way it works and are targets for scammers
captain clutterbuck
LOTSW Fanatic
On a lighter but similar note Milton Jones told a joke that his friend in an area near me used to keep his money under a mattress but he was recently robbed he never suspected that someone would climb over the garden wall , lift the mattress and steal it! It got a great laugh but some people in the front row were late in so he apologised said they hadn't missed much and told the same story again !!! 
I don't for one minute think Milton was familiar with my area but he either passed it on his way to the gig or maybe someone in his Hotel had mentioned living in the area.
I don't for one minute think Milton was familiar with my area but he either passed it on his way to the gig or maybe someone in his Hotel had mentioned living in the area.
theatrically_inclined
Dedicated Member
I used to get $US royalty cheques in post (If they did a bank transfer they charged $30 and I was giving away my bank details to who knows who!) - so I had to go to a branch to pay them in, you can't pay in non-UK currency at a machine (perhaps you might in London). Then my local branch went "machine only" no counter, so I'd need to travel in to the city to pay in. However, coincidentally, the royalty period ended, so I was saved a regular journey to the city.
theatrically_inclined
Dedicated Member
Not with non-sterling cheques ... it's much more complicated!
Marianna
Dedicated Member
US point of view: I'd have to drive to a major metropolitan area 100 miles north of my home to cash a foreign currency check or to exchange any currency for US $s. When traveling, I do the currency exchange using my debit card at the first cash machine I come to after landing in the country I'm visiting, usually in baggage claim.
For major banking transactions, like refinancing my mortgage, I'd have to visit my Credit Union for the preliminary work, then visit a local lawyer's office for signing.
theatrically_inclined
Dedicated Member
Oh, I still have to pay my bank (at least) £30 to cash the $US cheque, but at least I'm paying my bank, not some corporation that's added their mark-up on the bank charges!
So Amos Hames is going to have to rethink his robberies in future!!!!!